VS's fragrance has notes of purple passion fruit, Shangri-La peony and vanilla orchid and is described as being a 'fruity floral' - a type of scent people have previously been warned against wearing as other studies indicated they actually attract the insects.

“It was interesting to see that the mosquitoes weren’t actually attracted to the person that was wearing the Victoria’s Secret perfume – they were repelled by it,” Stacy Rodriguez, a research assistant involved in the study, said in a statement.